The Howard Community College track team traveled to Lynchburg College March 22 to compete in the Dr. Toms Invitational. The Dragons went south in search of warmer weather and qualifying marks. At the meet, they found both.

“This is a good meet to start the outdoor season,” Coach Steve Musselman said. “There was a good mixture of Division II/III programs that we are able to compete against.”

See qualifying Dragons below:

Individual men

Shot put: Emmanuel Mitchell

100-meter dash: Tyler Wood, Brian Crandell and Jaleel Sassafras

200: Jonte Miles, Ian Miles and Travis Washington

400: Jonte Miles

800: Alex Warfield

1500: Alex Warfield

5k: Gary Smolyak

10k: Brooks Ward

110HH: Ian Myles and Charles Fisher

4x100 relay

Individual women

100: Tamarra Okoya and Keisha Vandevelde

400: Ashley Dolgoff

800: Alexandra Kennedy

1500: Alexandra Kennedy

5k: Caroline Haden

4x800 relay

“We were hoping to get a lot of marks out of the way,” Musselman said. “Most of the students did just that. A few were close, but we have additional chances coming up.”

The Dragons will make the short trip to UMBC March 29 for the school’s invitational meet.